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##### [Canada.ca](https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/policies-standards/canforgens/2026/135-honours-and-departmental-awards-announcement.html)

> **Col D.K. Turenne – For `extraordinary leadership and diplomatic skill as director of the Combined Air Operations Center` during the Israel-Iran conflict, `synchronizing multinational air operations `and enabling the safe evacuation of 10,000 personnel from the Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar, June 2025;**

**Came back to Alberta after having spent 5 years in Colorado with NORAD.**

[**New Commander of 4 Wing no stranger to CFB Cold Lake**](https://couriernews.ca/featured-news/new-commander-of-4-wing-no-stranger-to-cfb-cold-lake/)

> Colonel David Turenne assumed command of 4 Wing on June 3rd. He has spent the better part of 26 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).
> 
> Turenne is originally from Edmonton. He received his wings in 1999 and, after training, headed to 3 Wing in Bagotville.
> 
> He’s no stranger to 4 Wing, having trained here and been posted as a Fighter Pilot with 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron and 410 Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron. **`The last few years have seen him south of the border with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) team in Colorado.`**
> 
> **“I’ve been in Colorado Springs, at the NORAD headquarters, for the last five years which isn’t a normal length of time,” says Turenne. “Because of COVID, there were changes in cross-border moves. `I was doing a few jobs down there, including working for the Chief of Staff of the Headquarters, I was director of NORAD inspections, and I’m currently the Deputy Director for J7 Joint Training, Exercises and Wargaming Directorate.”`**
> 
> Col Turenne has 2800 flight hours, with over 2000 of them via the CF-18. This is his first Wing Command position.

**So, through NORAD Canada was involved?? Not a shocker.**